It follows Laird’s successful construction and delivery of flight deck and hangar modules for the first supercarrier Queen Elizabeth in May, 2012.

The completed modules were loaded on barges and towed to the Firth of Forth for assembly into Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth Royal Dockyard, Scotland.

The carriers are the biggest warships built for the Royal Navy and they are being constructed in sections at shipyards around the country under the auspices of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance consortium.

John Syvret, Cammell Laird chief executive, said: “We’re delighted to be involved in constructing sections of the second Queen Elizabeth class aircraft supercarrier.

“We are working hard on all fronts and I think we were successful getting this contract as the Aircraft Carrier Alliance recognised what we achieved previously in terms of quality, production, safety and value for money.”

Prince of Wales will be 932ft long, powered by Rolls-Royce Marine Trent gas turbines geared to twin screws, with a top speed of 25 knots and able to carry 40 aircraft.

The warship will be twice the size of the RN’s current sole aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, which has visited Liverpool several times.

Prince of Wales will be officially affiliated with the city of Liverpool, as revealed in the Liverpool Post back in 2008, and is due to enter service in 2018.

Commodore John Madgwick, the then North of England Regional Naval Commander, based in Liverpool, who lobbied for the affiliation said it made practical sense as this is one of the very few UK ports big enough to berth the supercarrier, whose home port will be Portsmouth.

Construction on Prince of Wales began in May, 2011, with the first steel being cut at Govan shipyard, Clydebank.

Laird’s success in winning the second supercarrier contract benefits many other companies in the regional supply chain, like R Baker (Electrical), of Speke for lighting and transformers, and Kingspan, of Holywell, Clwyd, for insulated panels.